What Our Clients Say

I got an e-mail alert at 3 in the morning telling me that one of our backhoes was heading on an unauthorized trip to a location far removed from the jobsite where it was parked overnight. My Blackberry conveyed the new exact location where the backhoe was. I called a company employee who lived in that vicinity and by morning the backhoe was back on the job. Recovery time, from theft to recovery: under an hour!

When combined with cellular technology, we can watch what our vehicles are doing from any computer using the internet. The number of 'Safety First' complaints from the 800 number on the back of each vehicle has decreased about 40%. Speeding has dropped dramatically. Vehicle sharing has been far easier since we know where the closest vehicle is at any time.

In California alone, the number of completed work orders went from 198 during January and February, to 241 for March and April — a 21% increase! The number of hours per week averaged 1757 for January and 1765 for February. After GPS, the number of hours per week averaged 1641 for March and 1656 for April — more than a 100 hours decrease! The average number of miles driven per week has dropped by approximately 1000 from March to April.

Imagine operating a labor-intensive service business where you had no idea how much time your employees spent at any given account. Yet, this is how our business operated for over 10 years before installing our GPS system in October 2005. We are now able to determine the profitability of EACH account, which has allowed us to make objective pricing adjustment decisions. We have also been able to capitalize on more efficient route structures, which is paying dividends in light of current high fuel costs.

Mr. Hammes explained the benefits of the GPS Fleet Management System and we were quite surprised at the level of detail we would be able to obtain. Once we were in receipt of both the reports from the GPS Fleet Management system and our payroll, we were able to easily spot inconsistencies. We were able to pare back quite a few 'extra' hours that had been submitted. Conflict over what hours were worked has simply ended, safety enhanced and cost savings obtained. We unhesitatingly recommend this for any company with vehicles in the field.

Since adding GPS Fleet Tracking to our company a couple of years ago we have been able to monitor the movements and schedules of our crews on a continuous basis. We have been able to eliminate inefficient crew assignments and to improve service to our clients. This has resulted in better utilization of crews and increased our client satisfaction and improved our bottom line.

When we first put Global Positioning Systems into our company vehicles we noticed some startling things. Trucks pulling trailers traveled 90 mph in some cases and employees sometimes misstated their hours worked. We sat down with our employees and explained our findings and future expectations. Thanks to the GPS systems, we have been able to increase efficiency and employee honesty. Just having the GPS in all the vehicles is a big plus, and we are going to be getting a discount on insurance and saving a lot of time.

I wanted to see where my vehicles were going. I wanted to watch the personal use of my vehicles and see if they were taking them on weekends for side jobs. To get an accurate assessment, we installed the systems and didn't tell employees for a couple weeks. I saw quite a bit of difference on timecards than what the system showed — stopping at Circle Ks four times a day and some personal use of my vehicles. I sat down with the employees and talked with them and I saw a lot less of that. The GPS systems definitely paid for themselves.